Paul Thomas Anderson Commentary for John Holmes Documentary
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Very Rare Commentary Track from the Boogie Nights laserdisc of "Exhausted: The Real Story of John C. Holmes"
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Do you know who John Holmes is? No I don't. Do you really?
You don't know who he is? Yes I do. Oh okay.
You've never heard the name Johnny Watt? Johnny who? Johnny Watt?
So you're watching Exhausted, the John C. Holmes story, which is just a major inspiration for Boogie Nights, obviously.
Not just the documentary section, but just the whole vibe of it, which I find just as funny as I do sad.
Which is a really good thing. You'll recognize this shot walking towards the camera and the title coming at you.
Exhausted, John C. Holmes, the real story. We ripped that kind of thing off for Brocklanders Angels of My Town.
This is the cast. Seika, a big pattern for the Julianne Moore character Amber Waves.
Jesse St. James, always good to have a saint in a porno movie.
It's almost obligatory to have a saint. Annette Haven, great. Good actress, really good actress.
And Georgina Spelvin, another sort of inspiration for Amber Waves.
Wonderful actress and kind of staple of 70s porno films.
But I saw this movie the first time. The first time I discovered it, I was probably about ************, you know, when I wrote the Dirk Diggler story.
I saw it. I'd seen actually a documentary on Shauna Grant on like a current affair.
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